Nestled inside the C’More House, a tea room on the west side of town, the theater offers a comfortable atmosphere with entertainment and food.

Mernell Bell of Claremore is the owner/coordinator of the theater who said the mission is to enrich lives through the performing arts by presenting live theater and other top quality entertainment.

“Our goal is to rekindle the ideals of wholesome entertainment and an exuberance for life,” said Bell. “We are dinner redefined!”

Bell’s passion for drama exploded in high school and since she has performed various monologues from dramatic to the very comedic. Serving as a youth pastor in Tulsa, she used her gift not only to try to develop a love of the arts in young people, but also as a teaching tool.

Living in Claremore for 24 years, she now serves as the director of Acting Out Life drama ministry. Bell retired after 30 years as a court reporter for the state of Oklahoma, and since then her vision for a dinner theater in Claremore is coming to life.

Seats are filling for the opening performance coming Aug. 30 and 31. Premiering for the grand opening is “The Judgment Day,” with dinner between 6 and 7 p.m., a brief intermission, and then the show will start.

“We invite you to come see this rip-roaring hilarious comedy. It might surprise you to see what “really” happens on “The Judgment Day,” said Bell.

Upcoming performances in September are Donnie “Sax” Sanders from Nashville. Sanders has played for some of the biggest names in the music industry, like Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Waylon Jennings, James Brown, Elvis Presley, Barbara Mandrell and Lee Greenwood to name a few.

Sanders will perform Sept. 13 and 14 with concerts starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Dani-LaRue Dinner Theater, inside the C’More House.